NAME

PlistBuddy -- read and write values to plists

SYNOPSIS

PlistBuddy [-cxh] file.plist

DESCRIPTION

The PlistBuddy command is used to read and modify values inside of a
plist. Unless specified by the -c switch, PlistBuddy runs in interactive
mode.
The following commands are used to manipulate plist data:
Help Prints this information.
Exit Exits the program. Changes are not saved to the file.
Save Saves the current changes to the file.
Revert Reloads the last saved version of the file.
Cleartype Clears out all existing entries, and creates root of type
type. See below for a list of types.
Print [entry]
Prints value of entry. If an entry is not specified, prints
entire file. See below for an explanation of how entry works.
Setentryvalue
Sets the value at entry to value.
Addentrytype [value]
Adds entry with type type and optional value value. See
below for a list of types.
CopyentrySrcentryDst
Copies the entrySrc property to entryDst.
Deleteentry
Deletes entry from the plist.
Mergefile [entry]
Adds the contents of plist file to entry.
Importentryfile
Creates or sets entry to the contents of file.
Entries consist of property key names delimited by colons. Array items
are specified by a zero-based integer index. Examples:
:CFBundleShortVersionString
:CFBundleDocumentTypes:2:CFBundleTypeExtensions
Entries may be of the following types:
string
array
dict
bool
real
integer
date
data

OPTIONS

-ccommand Execute command and exit. By default, PlistBuddy will run in
interactive mode.
-x Output will be in the form of an xml plist where appropriate.
-h Print the complete help info.

EXAMPLES

Set the CFBundleIdentifier property to com.apple.plistbuddy:
Set :CFBundleIdentifier com.apple.plistbuddy
Add the CFBundleGetInfoString property to the plist:
Add :CFBundleGetInfoString string "App version 1.0.1"
Add a new item of type dict to the CFBundleDocumentTypes array:
Add :CFBundleDocumentTypes: dict
Add the new item to the beginning of the array:
Add :CFBundleDocumentTypes:0 dict
Delete the FIRST item in the array:
Delete :CFBundleDocumentTypes:0 dict
Delete the ENTIRE CFBundleDocumentTypes array:
Delete :CFBundleDocumentTypes